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Juan Manuel Fangio was the oldest driver to set a fastest lap; he was 46 years old when he set the fastest lap at the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix. [19] No fastest lap was officially classified for the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix. [20] Since 2007, the driver with the most fastest laps in a season is awarded the DHL Fastest Lap Award. The inaugural ...
In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. Some racing series, like Formula One, Formula 2 and Formula E award championship points for a driver or team that set the fastest lap. In Grand Prix motorcycle racing no point is awarded for the fastest lap. Giacomo Agostini holds the current record for the most fastest laps ...
1997 European Grand Prix (Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all set identical qualifying lap times) [32] 0.000 s between P1 and P2: 2024 Canadian Grand Prix (George Russell and Max Verstappen both set identical qualifying lap times) [33] Most pit stops by a driver in a single race: 7: Alain Prost (1993 European ...
Driver Fastest laps Races 1 Alberto Ascari: 7 1952 Belgian – 1953 Argentine: 2 Kimi Räikkönen: 6 2008 Spanish – 2008 British: 3 Michael Schumacher: 5 2004 Bahrain – 2004 European: 4 Jackie Stewart: 4 1969 Monaco – 1969 British: Gilles Villeneuve: 1979 South African – 1979 Belgian: Nigel Mansell: 1991 Canadian – 1991 British: Kimi ...
The FIA is set to abolish the fastest lap point rule for the 2025 season onwards. [35] Unlike various other motor racing series, F1 has never awarded bonus points to drivers for leading the most laps (e.g., the IndyCar Series) or qualifying on pole position (e.g., the F1 feeder series, such as Formula 2 and Formula 3). [21]
At our 2019 Lightning Lap, our fastest contender, the 2019 McLaren Senna, set an all-time record with a 2:34.9 lap. ... Car and Driver’s 10 Best Cars through the Decades.
This was the first time that Ayrton Senna had set a Formula One fastest lap. It was also Toleman's second and final fastest lap in Formula One (Derek Warwick had set the team's only other fastest lap during the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort ).
For much of the sport's history, qualifying sessions differed little from practice sessions; drivers would have one or more sessions in which to set their fastest time, with the grid order determined by each driver's best single lap, with the fastest getting first place on the grid, referred to as pole position. From 1996 to 2002, the format ...